Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events

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Jim Carrey, Liam Aiken, Emily Browning, Kara Hoffman, Shelby Hoffman

The story of intelligent, charming, but unlucky siblings Violet, Klaus and Sunny Baudelaire and their adventures in the big city after a house-fire leaves them orphaned. When the children are sent to ...( read more  read more... )live with distant relative, Count Olaf, they realize that he has dastardly designs on the Baudelaire family fortune.

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  • October 10, 2006
    Fun for some, dour & morose for others. Stays faithful to the original material.
  • June 15, 2009
    Really odd...I don't even remember what most of it was about.
  • February 23, 2009
    I really like the way this movie was filmed all though it was not very good compaired to tthe books.
  • November 5, 2008
    It was a pretty good movie; I think they captured the books. I do dislike the fact that they put the first 3 books into one movie though. They also skipped some important parts like Klaus? glasses which would have been very important if they continued to do more movies.
  • October 28, 2008
    "We're very concerned"

    The best-selling series of subversive children's books from author Lemony Snicket (aka Daniel Handler) come to the screen in this black comedy for the whole family (and how often do you get to see one of those?). The Baudelaire siblings -- gadget ...( read more)freak Violet (Emily Browning), bookworm Klaus (Liam Aiken), and baby Sunny (Kara Hoffman and Shelby Hoffman) -- were living a fairy-tale existence with their parents until they died in a fire that destroyed the family home. With few close relatives and a large fortune the children won't inherit until they reach adulthood, the Baudelaire children are left in the care of the peculiar Count Olaf (Jim Carrey), an out-of-work actor who would love nothing more than to get his hands on the kids' money. It doesn't take long for the children to figure out that Count Olaf is up to no good, and they try to steer clear of his various murderous schemes with the help of wildly paranoid Aunt Josephine (Meryl Streep) and snake-fancying Uncle Monty (Billy Connolly). Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events also features Catherine O'Hara, Timothy Spall, Cedric the Entertainer, and Luis Guzman; Jude Law narrates in the guise of author Snicket.

    Review
    I highly recommend this movie to people who like movies that are a little bit different. I'm sure this movie won't be for everyone, but that is one of the reasons I did like it so much. Kind of like a Tim Burton movie but maybe a little more polished. A very quirky movie from a very quirky book. Probably a little too scary for small children. The interpreted captions from Sunny, the youngest child were hilarious. Jim Carrey, as Count Olaf, who was not the prime focus of the film was wonderful, he played the role as only he could do it. Streep as Aunt Josephine was also wonderful. This one will go on the list as one of my favorite movies.
  • December 10, 2009
    k. I LOVED the books, but the movie kind of ruined it. They tried to smoosh 13 books, yes 13 into a little under 2 hours. I can understand putting 2-3 of the books together, but 13? Plus the movies are NOTHING like the books, the end is soooooo wrong......but then again, its just...( read more) my opinion......
  • December 9, 2009
    Not a very happy movie. I enjoyed every moment of it.
  • December 8, 2009
    Really good and beautiful make-up, costume, and set design XDD I also thought the cast was nicely done XD
  • December 7, 2009
    Brilliant work. Excellent cast, amazing kids, wonderful story, simply one of the best movies ever!
  • December 6, 2009
    boo! didn't like.. i read the books and they tried to do too much. was messy

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